So obviously curious jorge and The 7aji are the same person which verifies 100% that this is a troll. I can’t believe you made a fake training log on top of all of it. You must be one of the most bored people on the planet.
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So obviously curious jorge and The 7aji are the same person which verifies 100% that this is a troll. I can’t believe you made a fake training log on top of all of it. You must be one of the most bored people on the planet.
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I agree that you could be more slow twitch. Try dropping to 40 mpw for 5 weeks reducing your long run to 10 miles max and Doing 5k specific workouts if you really want to improve your track times see where that takes you. This is assuming you didn’t cut mileage before to try to solve your problem
Peace
SDSU Aztec wrote:
space cadet wrote:
I don't think he's trolling, since I know the two guys I mentioned in my reply above. Here are the PRs for the guy I follow on Strava who I said is similar to the OP. My friend didn't volunteer to be an example, so here's a cropped screenshot (expires in a week) of his PRs listed on Strava:
https://ibb.co/G7yZgT7It's still nonsense. If you ran competitive track, it would take one interval workout with varying distances to learn that you can run faster paces at shorter distances. It's like claiming that someone's 2 rep max for the bench press is the same as it is for 12 reps.
That's the thing. My two friends and the OP didn't run competitive track. And, I guess some people must take longer than one interval workout to learn that they can fun faster paces at shorter distances. What I observed about the college swimmer triathlete who I always outkicked was that he didn't increase his cadence when I started kicking. Since he was already trying to max his stride length trying to drop me in the run up, with a fixed cadence, there no other way to increase speed.
The OP should look at his cadence in his 400s, 800s compared to his every day runs. His cadence is probably really low.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_IEsLoplfH/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheetNotice Sara Hall and her younger daughter have very quick feet. Her older daughter comparatively can't move her feet fast.
I'm similar.
I would hover around 19:10 (6:10 pace) during the fall season, but I could crank out 1:24 (6:20 pace) for a half marathon and 2:56 for a marathon. My 10k pace and half-marathon pace were virtually equal. I did get down to 5 flat for the mile with a lot of speed work though. Took a lot of focused training to get there. When I was in 1:24 shape, I'd probably say I could only run 5:20-5:25.
curious jorge wrote:
I really want to do well in the half and full marathons. Phil mentioned ultras and i would love to move up but not until i'm at least 30. Do i have potential?
Why wait until 30? Even if you run a marathon at you current mile pace (2:24), that's kind of boring, and not that meaningful. You have guys at age 18-19 winning/finishing 2nd the Western States 100 in recent years. You're going to do better at ultras than other 2:42 marathoners. My 2:41 friend that is like you (though closer to 40) made the jump ultras figuring he probably maxed out his marathon with that PR profile. He had immediate success (win). It's much more fun to race when you are in contention for wins.
Wouldn't moving up in distance now be the final nail in the coffin for improving in the marathon? On second thought i've heard that when some people change their distance focus and return to their old specialty, they improve a lof. I guess it's worth a shot. I was hoping to run comrades one day maybe it'll be sooner rather than later!